Mary Mackey’s brand new book of poetry is Travelers With No Ticket Home. Her previous books include six collections of poetry, including Breaking The Fever and Sugar Zone, and twelve novels. As reflected in the poems in her most recent collections, she has been traveling to Brazil with her husband, Angus Wright, who writes about environmental issues and land reform, for over twenty years. Garrison Keillor has featured her poetry on his show, The Writer’s Almanac, numerous times, and her work has been translated into Japanese, Hebrew, Greek, Russian, and Finnish. She is the recipient of the 2012 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award. For more see www.marymackey.com)